Today's News

After an eight-month investigation by the Jellico Police Department, three family members were arrested last week for allegedly selling drugs. Jellico Assistant Police Chief J. J. Hatmaker began this investigation in 2010 and sought indictments in May.

If you’ve ever thought about getting in a tight spot, this might be the week to do it. Nearly 300 mine rescue experts are in town for a mine safety competition.

The miners began arriving Monday to participate in the Tennessee Mine Rescue Committee’s mine rescue contest. Twenty-nine teams from Kentucky, Alabama, West Virginia, Tennessee, Illinois, Virginia and Indiana converged on Cove Lake State Park to participate in competitions that integrate skills and knowledge related to mine rescue and mine safety.

Sheriff Robbie Goins has named a new chief deputy. Aaron Evans will serve as Goins' number two man at the Campbell County Sheriff's Department. Evans has held this position before. In 2006, then Sheriff Gary Perkins gave Evans the same position. Three months later, Evans left the CCSD, returning to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

Goins' decision comes just a little over a week after he terminated Chief Deputy Jonathon Finley and Detective Jason Henegar in the wake of a car crash. For more information, read next week's issue of the LaFollette Press.

The dismissal of Chief Deputy Jonathan Finley and Detective Sgt. Jason Henegar, a veteran child abuse investigator, was the toughest decision Sheriff Robbie Goins says he has made in the first year of his administration.